A Song of The English : The Daily Telegraph National Bands Fund : First thus

Kipling, Rudyard

Published by Hodder & Stoughton For The Daily Telegraph, London, United Kingdom, 1915

About this Item

True first British printing of this edition, undated, however 1915. First thus. With original unclipped (and unpriced) jacket. Large format. Published by Hodder & Stoughton for The Daily Telegraph National Bands Fund. Includes 'National Bands' - a loosely inserted speech made by Rudyard Kipling in 1915. All sixteen colour plates by W. Heath Robinson are present and in very good condition. Jacket has patchy edge/shelf wear, few marks, browning (including to spine), minor patchy loss (mainly to head/tail of spine and to corners), few small (approx. 1cm) tears, pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, pushing/bumping to corners, minor foxing and creasing/rubbing to edges. Boards are near fine (having been well protected by the jacket) with very minor pushing to corners, a few small marks, minor foxing, the odd small bump/rub to edges and a little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Inside boards/end-papers tanned with the odd small mark/mild foxing. Odd small mark/minor foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. Previous owner's name and address in pen to front end-paper. Pages little tanned. Odd small mark/scattered foxing to pages. No other faults. A nice copy. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted. Seller Inventory # 006058

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Song of The English : The Daily Telegraph ...

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton For The Daily Telegraph, London, United Kingdom

Publication Date: 1915

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Heath Robinson, W.

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition